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ALT Mint green background. Dark orange text reads: 'Stonewall has been joined by 245 other organisations across the human rights, refugee, LGBTQ+ and women’s sectors in a powerful display of solidarity, following comments by the Home Secretary, Suella Braverman, last week. The letter rejects Ms Braverman’s claim that LGBTQ+ and women refuges are misusing their identities to make false claims, and speaks of regret that the Home Secretary’s selective use of stats ‘have nothing to do with genuine concern or respect for international law, refugees or their protection.’'
ALT Mint green background. Dark orange text reads: 'The coalition, including organisations such as Amnesty, Oxfam, End Violence Against Women Coalition, Refugee Council and Women For Refugee Women, has written to UK Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, to reaffirm the UK’s commitment to protect LGBTQ+ people and women around the world. Many of the signatories work daily with LGBTQ+ and women refugees, and ‘bear witness to their scars from being persecuted’.' And below: 'Read the letter: www.stonewall.org.uk/respect-refugee-lives'
ALT This legislation is a reckless attempt to combat the policy failures of successive UK governments while dehumanising and criminalising refugees. In testing the limits of international law and doing so with apparent relish, the UK undermines its credibility as a champion of a rules-based international order and leader on human rights.
ALT a photograph of Rishi Sunak and Suella Braverman walking alongside each other
